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president obama being sworn in for a second term, but what happens usually later in a presidential election year is that things start to slow down in washington, and we have a lot that we need to do the at the commission. there's other things like universal service contribution reform which needs to get going, and when i, you know, i came from 16 years of private sector experience before i got to the fcc, so my five and a half years here, one of the most frustrating things for me to adjust to and i'm still not adjusted to it is the pace, the slow pace of how things don't get done. and the chairman sets the agenda. it's not like congress where we can introduce a bill and maybe a chairman takes it up or not. the chairman sets the agenda. right now there are three of us and so it's cozy. >> that's one way of putting it. [ laughter ] >> and you know, that shouldn't limit our workload, however. i'm all for getting as much done as possible so you can get your tax dollars' worth. >> and my joke, we were at consumer electronics, it might be three of us but there are more than three people who work
president obama being sworn in for a second term, but what happens usually later in a presidential election year is that things start to slow down in washington, and we have a lot that we need to do the at the commission. there's other things like universal service contribution reform which needs to get going, and when i, you know, i came from 16 years of private sector experience before i got to the fcc, so my five and a half years here, one of the most frustrating things for me to adjust to...
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. >> i did some calculations on the 40 that have been elected. only 20 of the 50 states have anybody of color. >> i would have to double check that. i am sure that is right. there are states where there are multiple members of color. >> then you have your comment texas, florida, north carolina. there's a heavy concentration. >> what do you think? what do you see there when you see all these concentrations tax is that good or bad? >> i can liken it to a class i had an undergrad. it was the best class i've ever taken in my life. it was not just the subject matter but the make up. the class was so diverse that couple of black students, asian students, latino. the seminars were smaller andthe white students were not called white. they were irish or german or scottish. at that moment, the difference in the cultures in the room were appreciated. there's something to say for having defers representation. inmates the dialogue that much more enriching. i do not know i can say it is a large concentration. it is different. there's something to be said. >> i
. >> i did some calculations on the 40 that have been elected. only 20 of the 50 states have anybody of color. >> i would have to double check that. i am sure that is right. there are states where there are multiple members of color. >> then you have your comment texas, florida, north carolina. there's a heavy concentration. >> what do you think? what do you see there when you see all these concentrations tax is that good or bad? >> i can liken it to a class i had...
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to be different than every other election in america where the majority of those who vote the side the outcome of the election didn't like that rule they wanted a rule which would prevent majorities of those voting if the majority wasn't as big as everybody who could possibly vote and so they fought this f.a.a. reauthorization bill insisting that their guys boehner and cantor inserted into the bill legislation that would provisions that would overturn you know regular elections very limited no no they just jumped on this one more second they shut down the f.a.a. the last month a couple months ago they shut down the f.a.a. because they wouldn't let go of this particular provision and for a temporary minor service provision let's say that there's a lot of people in the union right and so typically if you held an election and say . fifty people showed up to vote and twenty six of them said yes and twenty four said no the majority of people who voted i mean this is how we do it national exam but you got one hundred million registered voters fifty million show up and twenty six million deci
to be different than every other election in america where the majority of those who vote the side the outcome of the election didn't like that rule they wanted a rule which would prevent majorities of those voting if the majority wasn't as big as everybody who could possibly vote and so they fought this f.a.a. reauthorization bill insisting that their guys boehner and cantor inserted into the bill legislation that would provisions that would overturn you know regular elections very limited no...
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trigger election. but what's behind it is big money big delta a laser focus there guys looking for every opportunity that they could find right to subvert democracy so they could have a way in which to roll back to us because unions are would raise up wages and help us create our good well and unions are democracies and it's right they are democratic institutions where they elect their leaders but in the majority rule whether even their eggs whether they even exist or not is majority rule and and you know to have a democracy in the workplace is there any way out of this right now is that this is a done deal right now and so the way out of this for us is to step back and to say listen we need to create a movement our democracy is fundamentally broken you've talked about it in terms of money in corporate the corporate money in politics we've got to get corporate money out of politics we've got to change the rules of the senate that allow that require sixty votes for every one of your own to buy delta you
trigger election. but what's behind it is big money big delta a laser focus there guys looking for every opportunity that they could find right to subvert democracy so they could have a way in which to roll back to us because unions are would raise up wages and help us create our good well and unions are democracies and it's right they are democratic institutions where they elect their leaders but in the majority rule whether even their eggs whether they even exist or not is majority rule and...
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nobody should be confused if he gets re-elected. he is for a smaller private sector, a bigger government sector paying off the government unions whatever it takes and borrowing the money from our children and grandchildren to do it. now that is obama's vision of a successful economy. and he doesn't -- just as with obama care, he didn't care that they lost teddy kennedy's seat in massachusetts, in a special election, in which health care was the issue. have you ever thought of getting september a signal, there's an old story about the man who was down along the bayou and an enormous hurricane came in and began to flood. and the local police came by in four wheel drive and said this is going to be a bad flood, you really should come with us, no. i trust in god. and the flood kept building and he was driven up to the second floor. and the coast guard came by in a boat. and he said, no, no, i trust in god. and he was standing on the roof. and a helicopter came by. and he yelled we're here to take you. he said, no, i trust in god. finall
nobody should be confused if he gets re-elected. he is for a smaller private sector, a bigger government sector paying off the government unions whatever it takes and borrowing the money from our children and grandchildren to do it. now that is obama's vision of a successful economy. and he doesn't -- just as with obama care, he didn't care that they lost teddy kennedy's seat in massachusetts, in a special election, in which health care was the issue. have you ever thought of getting september...
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i wondered if you could comment on that and what is your view in terms of this upcoming election, and in particular, how do you define it republican foreign-policy in the next foreign -- coming election? >> that is a good question. i think it is actually an advantage that romney does not have an automatic sense of what he would impose on foreign policy, because i think the world is evolving in ways we don't understand right now. i would just give you a couple of quick examples. i was at a speech in singapore in june and i went early to listen to some of the speakers before i talked. one of them was a chinese in economist who pointed out in the next 10 years, india will add 70 billion -- 70 million workers and china because of the one child policy will lose 70 million workers. i went back to rss who works -- russ for me here, i asked sen meet the comparative numbers. 70 million workers added to india is the equivalent of the gentleman and british work force combined. nobody here -- our foreign- policy establishment in both parties doesn't think about a world in which the addition is bi
i wondered if you could comment on that and what is your view in terms of this upcoming election, and in particular, how do you define it republican foreign-policy in the next foreign -- coming election? >> that is a good question. i think it is actually an advantage that romney does not have an automatic sense of what he would impose on foreign policy, because i think the world is evolving in ways we don't understand right now. i would just give you a couple of quick examples. i was at a...
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i hope all around the country people understand what is at stake in this election. this really is a vote about the nature of what america is going to be over the next four years and probably over the next century. we will have a choice of what kind of america we will have. on the ballot will be economic freedom, religious freedom, america's greatness, our military might, whether we are going to pass on to our kids massive debts that we will have left for them, knowing that we cannot possibly repay them ourselves and we expect to repave the interest and -- expect them to pay the interest and the principal over their lifetimes. this is a love -- a lesson for the america we will leave it to our kids. today, government at all levels consumes 38% of the economy. 30%. and if we let obamacare stand, -- 38%. and if we let obamacare stand, it will consume almost half of the total economy. and with the intrusiveness of regulations in places like energy and automotive and health care and transportation and so forth, you would have a government that either directly or indirectl
i hope all around the country people understand what is at stake in this election. this really is a vote about the nature of what america is going to be over the next four years and probably over the next century. we will have a choice of what kind of america we will have. on the ballot will be economic freedom, religious freedom, america's greatness, our military might, whether we are going to pass on to our kids massive debts that we will have left for them, knowing that we cannot possibly...
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. >>> do e-mails sent between elected officials constitute secret meetings? virginia's supreme court will try to answer that question. it's going to hear arguments today in the case that could decide how elected officials use e-mail. that case centers around messages that fairfax school board members sent to one another before voting to close clifton elementary school. a parent from the school sued claiming the emails violated the state's freedom of information act. the school board argues that constraining how public officials communicate would make the government less efficient. >>> this morning a former marine is waking up with her dog she once handled on the battlefield. former marine megan levy and her dog, sergeant rex, were injured on a tour of duty in iraq in 2006. she tried for five years to adopt rex. she had to go through a lot of red tape until new york senator charles schumer intervened and the adoption went through. now he is pushing for a bill that would speed up military pet adoptions. >>> you know they -- you knew they have to lose at home at
. >>> do e-mails sent between elected officials constitute secret meetings? virginia's supreme court will try to answer that question. it's going to hear arguments today in the case that could decide how elected officials use e-mail. that case centers around messages that fairfax school board members sent to one another before voting to close clifton elementary school. a parent from the school sued claiming the emails violated the state's freedom of information act. the school board...
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but that's just that they don't come out and say what they need to say to get elected in other words they need to say we're going to crack down on some of these abuses the illegal aliens that are costing us so much money and so much problems a lot of our financial problems would go away quite literally overnight with the money that we waste supporting many illegal aliens whether it's educating them giving them medical care or putting them in prisons you could probably pay off all the students debt the loan debt. this has it has it has has i would say tragically thrown more people in jail and deported more people than anybody before i don't think that conservatives can knock obama on that issue if you're going to try and make it is absolutely i don't think he has actually helped the people on that you know but. that jail throwing individuals out is is perhaps a band-aid rather than a national policy quite the opposite i think. we we you know let's let's stipulate that we both even though we would probably have different versions of it we both agree that we need a comprehensive immigra
but that's just that they don't come out and say what they need to say to get elected in other words they need to say we're going to crack down on some of these abuses the illegal aliens that are costing us so much money and so much problems a lot of our financial problems would go away quite literally overnight with the money that we waste supporting many illegal aliens whether it's educating them giving them medical care or putting them in prisons you could probably pay off all the students...
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they say, look, we are elected. the folks elected us and we haven't hidden our agenda of elevating all americans to a certain lifestyle, a certain standard of living. in order to do that, we have to take from those who have and give to those below the standard of living that we want. and the folks said yes. that's their argument. >> look, i believe that when you look at the issue of taxation, when you ask as liberals do what's the fair share, the idea is that the government has a claim on your earnings, a moral claim, certain amount, maybe, who knows how much. and then it can dispense with it as it wants. now with a church it ties -- tithes, one tenth claim on your earnings that's what the is in the bible and it spends as it wishes. that's not how a government ought to work. a government ought to work from the other end. what do we need for roads and bridges, for raising an army and in a modern economy, a modern state a safety net for people who can't provide for themselves. i think you start from there. and then yo
they say, look, we are elected. the folks elected us and we haven't hidden our agenda of elevating all americans to a certain lifestyle, a certain standard of living. in order to do that, we have to take from those who have and give to those below the standard of living that we want. and the folks said yes. that's their argument. >> look, i believe that when you look at the issue of taxation, when you ask as liberals do what's the fair share, the idea is that the government has a claim on...
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laws in various election issues. will our elections be decided by the best lawyers? >> guest: i want to avoid that and in the reason this book was published and tom and i wrote it is raising public awareness that we have bureaucratic palms with address and fraud can be a problem. look, i believe if we talk about this issue we will be better prepared for it and i don't want the lawyers and the judges make the final decision. i wanted people to make the final decision and that is what this book is all about. >> guest: i agree. i'm a lawyer but i do not want lawyers or judges deciding who wins the election in november. i want a good process all over the country in which we'll have confidence that whoever got elected got the most votes and that there aren't any issues that have been caused by a bad administration, by mistakes made by election officials or by people trying to steal the election by casting bogus votes. things they shouldn't be doing. >> guest: because we didn't do this in 2000, over 40% of the people would have felt he was a legitimate president. bad didn'
laws in various election issues. will our elections be decided by the best lawyers? >> guest: i want to avoid that and in the reason this book was published and tom and i wrote it is raising public awareness that we have bureaucratic palms with address and fraud can be a problem. look, i believe if we talk about this issue we will be better prepared for it and i don't want the lawyers and the judges make the final decision. i wanted people to make the final decision and that is what this...
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but before we do that, remember the election night? >> h h this deveped fo yo it's ceecset' y kn, thk ats e bl isve w hisndin outorabt m,'moi eamthg. ndhas th o ready, i like to say, hello. >> this is kind of silly. in just a few seconds, in character, sort of making the case for election, mr. president, can we start with you? >> yeah. first of all -- >> pretty good. he doesn't have to say much. the record speaks for itself. >> ye. >>ses gil. gerr mn? [ asomy ts eanaonf rsi n hters, you know, sons. nephews. >> if i could interrupt for a moment. >> i guess you're going to do it. if he's going to do it, you've got to let him do it. >> let me take an applause break. thank you! thank you! thank you! >> they were good. good sports. you can see the full press pass conversation on our website. meehepressnbc.com. thanks to all of you the untae. e is soucmo tgeto toy. t vpske cpang romy ndba. ftute wwot dng th otevion >> " tptions by vitac -- www.vitac.com lpo
but before we do that, remember the election night? >> h h this deveped fo yo it's ceecset' y kn, thk ats e bl isve w hisndin outorabt m,'moi eamthg. ndhas th o ready, i like to say, hello. >> this is kind of silly. in just a few seconds, in character, sort of making the case for election, mr. president, can we start with you? >> yeah. first of all -- >> pretty good. he doesn't have to say much. the record speaks for itself. >> ye. >>ses gil. gerr mn? [ asomy...
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they say, look, we are elected. the folks elected us and we haven't hidden our agenda of elevating all americans to a certain lifestyle, a certain standard of living. in order to do that, we have to take from those who have and give to those below the standard of living that we want. and the folks said yes. that's their argument. >> look, i believe that when you look at the issue of taxation, when you ask as liberals do what's the fair share, the idea is that the government has a claim on your earnings, a moral claim, certain amount, maybe, who knows how much. and then it can dispense with it as it wants. now with a church it ties -- tithes, one tenth claim on your earnings that's what the is in the bible and it spends as it wishes. that's not how a government ought to work. a government ought to work from the other end. what do we need for roads and bridges, for raising an army and in a modern economy, a modern state a safety net for people who can't provide for themselves. i think you start from there. and then yo
they say, look, we are elected. the folks elected us and we haven't hidden our agenda of elevating all americans to a certain lifestyle, a certain standard of living. in order to do that, we have to take from those who have and give to those below the standard of living that we want. and the folks said yes. that's their argument. >> look, i believe that when you look at the issue of taxation, when you ask as liberals do what's the fair share, the idea is that the government has a claim on...
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this space and spaces across the country until we have redress of the issues we're discussing with our elected officials and financial institutions. we're going to continue our protests as long as it takes. >> reporter: and so that's what people have been telling us, they're going to be here. what being here will look like over the coming days is really the big question. one more thing i want to tell you, we spoke with a chaplain, the protest chaplain, one of the members of the faith community who have been involved in this movement since early on and he says that several church around here are considering whether to step in, provide places for some of the demonstrators to sleep so they can come out and maintain a 24-hour vigil, won't be sleeping on-site but still protesting. one protester i talked to, said i plan on staying here and not sleeping for as long as possible. talking about a sleep strike and playing games. interesting to see how they respond and what they do, how they carry on this protest over the coming days. >> all right. athena jones, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> just i
this space and spaces across the country until we have redress of the issues we're discussing with our elected officials and financial institutions. we're going to continue our protests as long as it takes. >> reporter: and so that's what people have been telling us, they're going to be here. what being here will look like over the coming days is really the big question. one more thing i want to tell you, we spoke with a chaplain, the protest chaplain, one of the members of the faith...
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. >> governor romney uniquely disqualifies himself in this election, the ability to go after president obama on the health care issue. >> reporter: rick santorum's campaign is using automated messages oer robocalls to get so-called reagan democrats to show up. >> on tuesday, join democrats who are going to send a loud message to massachusetts mitt romney by voting for rick santorum for president. >> reporter: romney says the robocalls are a dirty trick. ron paul also campaigned across michigan yesterday. the state awards its 30 delegates proportionately, so he's trying to secure some of them. but arizona is winner take all. romney leads there and a double win could give him much needed momentum. now, because michigan awards these delegates proportionally, rick santorum and mitt romney could walk away with about the same number of delegates if the polls are correct. but, betty, again, whoever wins this state is going to have an important psychological advantage. >>> next week ten states hold primaries or caucuses including ohio. a quinnipiac poll yesterday shows rick santorum with a lea
. >> governor romney uniquely disqualifies himself in this election, the ability to go after president obama on the health care issue. >> reporter: rick santorum's campaign is using automated messages oer robocalls to get so-called reagan democrats to show up. >> on tuesday, join democrats who are going to send a loud message to massachusetts mitt romney by voting for rick santorum for president. >> reporter: romney says the robocalls are a dirty trick. ron paul also...
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. >>> nine days until the election and only a hurricane could slow down a presidential campaign. both president obama and mitt romney had to cancel events because of hurricane sandy. as cbs reporter drew levinson, the candidates were forced to the campaign aafrom sandy's path. >>> president obama met with the emergency management team for an update on hurricane sandy. >> this is a serious and big storm. >> the president said fema will be ready to help wherever sandy hits. >> we're going to cut through red tape. we want to make sure we're anticipating. >> this is supposed to be a week of intense campaigning. the massive storm forced the president to alter his schedule. to beat the weather, he made stopings to florida and northern ohio. mitt romney also cancelled his virginia stops and rerouted himself to ohio, where he joined running mate paul ryan. >> today, when we get home, put into the prayers the people in the east coast in the wake of the big storm that's coming. >> let's not forget the fellow americans of ours. at a second rally in finley, romney talked about the storm. >>
. >>> nine days until the election and only a hurricane could slow down a presidential campaign. both president obama and mitt romney had to cancel events because of hurricane sandy. as cbs reporter drew levinson, the candidates were forced to the campaign aafrom sandy's path. >>> president obama met with the emergency management team for an update on hurricane sandy. >> this is a serious and big storm. >> the president said fema will be ready to help wherever...
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technocrat come in who has the power to veto tax and spending decisions made by the democratically elected greek government as in we can't trust you guys draw on your own country so we'll do it for you now is the germans who proposed this plan the greek finance minister said no way arguing it would improperly forces country to choose between financial ins assistance and national dignity greece has been through a lot including watching their prime minister be forced out of office by european technocrats last year and be replaced by a bank but where they draw the line is giving up the right to set their own budget to determine their own priorities as a nation and not let some budget commissioner come in and tell them what they can do what they can't do unfortunately the same can't be said about the united states . those budget commissioners that the greek finance minister rejected they're already in place in michigan thanks to a radical right wing financial managers law passed by michigan's republican governor rick snyder last year he now has the power to put in place crony buddies if he is
technocrat come in who has the power to veto tax and spending decisions made by the democratically elected greek government as in we can't trust you guys draw on your own country so we'll do it for you now is the germans who proposed this plan the greek finance minister said no way arguing it would improperly forces country to choose between financial ins assistance and national dignity greece has been through a lot including watching their prime minister be forced out of office by european...
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third place candidate in the election. will be officially sworn in as. president for the third time in twelve years and will be coming back to the kremlin this fact . by many world leaders who already congratulated. with their victory in the first round of the election however some of the media still doesn't want to recognize the result of the vote. j.f.k. they would expect but a wealth of strong reaction online to russia's presidential election of the events that followed we break it down for you on our website party dot com the place to be for the analysis is sinful cars that you'll need and for those videos extensively as we showed you last night from the russian capital including the protests on both sides and it's why you choose for those borderline as well some other stories might catch your attention the g. eight freight fears of mass demos in chicago forcing the summit of the world's richest economies to be blown out of the windy city we'll tell you where they're heading next and this sounds good retirement at thirty two hundred fifty times your
third place candidate in the election. will be officially sworn in as. president for the third time in twelve years and will be coming back to the kremlin this fact . by many world leaders who already congratulated. with their victory in the first round of the election however some of the media still doesn't want to recognize the result of the vote. j.f.k. they would expect but a wealth of strong reaction online to russia's presidential election of the events that followed we break it down for...
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the next election as already met with prescribed perspective twenty sixteen republican presidential candidates governors bobby jindal all john k. sick and bob mcdonald to get them on his side which is pretty odd when you consider that the same sheldon adelson told the wall street journal for publication wednesday that he supports abortion rights stem cell research he supports president obama's dream act and added that he's quote in favor of socialized medicine and quote. so why is this guy so busy buying republicans well put yourself in his place democrats typically do things for the vast majority the people on employment insurance social security medicare keep our food supplies safe for unions that sort of outside of petty crime stuff like congressman jefferson and wrangle work used up that you know we don't shill for big corporate interests or fat cat billionaires have been pretty much the part of the people pretty much since their founding over two hundred years ago but republicans eagerly do things for whoever pays them the biggest bucks for example every single republican fresh
the next election as already met with prescribed perspective twenty sixteen republican presidential candidates governors bobby jindal all john k. sick and bob mcdonald to get them on his side which is pretty odd when you consider that the same sheldon adelson told the wall street journal for publication wednesday that he supports abortion rights stem cell research he supports president obama's dream act and added that he's quote in favor of socialized medicine and quote. so why is this guy so...
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. >>> the supreme court is back in session today, and this is an election year for the justices. one of the first cases for the high court is a redistricting dispute in texas. four new congressional seats have the potential to decide which party controls the house of representatives. it is the first of the cases this year that will call upon the supreme court to get involved in partisan electoral fights or corporate electoral spending. there's also a challenge to the voting rights act from jurisdictions that say its restrictions are outdated. >>> also today congress will honor a montgomery county officer for his bravery during a hostage situation at the discovery channel headquarters. officer edward peyton jr. and 20 other officers will receive the congressional badge of bravery. he was off duty when he found out there was a gunman inside the building in silver spring in 2010. he was the first officer to enter the building, and he checked to make sure all the hostages got out alive. this is the first time congress will hand out the bravery awards. >>> this morning, police need yo
. >>> the supreme court is back in session today, and this is an election year for the justices. one of the first cases for the high court is a redistricting dispute in texas. four new congressional seats have the potential to decide which party controls the house of representatives. it is the first of the cases this year that will call upon the supreme court to get involved in partisan electoral fights or corporate electoral spending. there's also a challenge to the voting rights act...
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by violations or fraud as previous elections did but that doesn't mean that the islamist majority in the parliament are not facing a huge challenge particularly with regards to the terry reading economy in the country which basically is the crux of the demands of the revolutionaries revolutionaries have gathered a year back to demand social justice and this is the promise of the upcoming parliament and the challenge for them is when the us was one of the biggest supporters of former president mubarak preventing cause western allies supported egypt's revolution back in february do you think they will now continue to guide the country's policies through to the next chapter. it will be hard to believe that the u.s. would suddenly stop its relation. with egypt particularly that there is a close to organic relation with the military council now this organic relation needs to be questioned in the wake of people's mounting criticism to the military institution and particularly to the opaqueness of this institution in terms of its dealings and its economy and its relationship with the u.s. s
by violations or fraud as previous elections did but that doesn't mean that the islamist majority in the parliament are not facing a huge challenge particularly with regards to the terry reading economy in the country which basically is the crux of the demands of the revolutionaries revolutionaries have gathered a year back to demand social justice and this is the promise of the upcoming parliament and the challenge for them is when the us was one of the biggest supporters of former president...
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but there are projects in the works to either do a biography or documentary next year with municipal elections. will be 20 years since he stepped down. sort of good time to try to pitch people to get money to actually do it. maybe some day. >> that is partly why i had to leave detroit to write the book because part of me wanted to write every book about detroit. i could have done a whole book about the music or -- there is not that much music in the book. there's a little bit about detroit because i ended up living on this block, that was another story i stumbled onto. i talked to some of the older guys who are still around, the last surviving four top and a few other people. i do a lot of music writing for rolling stone and wanted to something different. >> a single character in your book, more inspirational than any other? >> i want to say marcia of music. more inspirational, that is a good question. i thought the fire fighters i spent time with in highland park, i spent time with these firefighters in highland park who are literally operating under an old chrysler warehouse, their firehouse
but there are projects in the works to either do a biography or documentary next year with municipal elections. will be 20 years since he stepped down. sort of good time to try to pitch people to get money to actually do it. maybe some day. >> that is partly why i had to leave detroit to write the book because part of me wanted to write every book about detroit. i could have done a whole book about the music or -- there is not that much music in the book. there's a little bit about...
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for repeal in november that's the law that allowed governor snyder to go into a city fire as local elected officials and then appoint a crony making a quarter million bucks a year to take over the city slash budgets cut public service and break union contracts but the efforts by stand up for democracy were squashed when two partisan republican officials on the state board of campuses last month refused to certify the signatures because they said the font size the type size on the petition was the wrong size. two other officials on the board approve the petition but the deadlock prevents the ballot initiative from moving forward now the coalition is fighting back appealing the decision of the state board of canvassers and trying to give michigan a say on whether or not their governor can take over a city the latest on what's going on in the wolverine state i'm joined by pastor david bullock president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push and president the highland park michigan and it's reverend de alexander bill the alexander bull gets thank you very much i'm sorry i got it wrong there on
for repeal in november that's the law that allowed governor snyder to go into a city fire as local elected officials and then appoint a crony making a quarter million bucks a year to take over the city slash budgets cut public service and break union contracts but the efforts by stand up for democracy were squashed when two partisan republican officials on the state board of campuses last month refused to certify the signatures because they said the font size the type size on the petition was...
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he was running for re-election. let me show it to you. >> i'm george w. bush and i aproou this message. >> the last few years have tested america in many ways. some challenges we've seen before. and some were like no others. >> you think images from the world trade center. a lot of people see that as the very same thing, is it not? focusing on leadership moments of a president. >> i think there's a little bit of a distinction here, david. i think if president obama had said even though he said we shouldn't spike the football at the time of this momentous occasion regarding osama bin laden, had said, you know, i'm proud of this, i think he would have said he should be proud of this. we're proud of the country that this happened. it's the attack that governor romney wouldn't have tone. i can't envegs having served in the white house any president having been told, we have him, he's here, should we go in, saying, no, we shouldn't. the difference here is you don't see -- you see in the bush ad saying, you know, he's a strong leader. you don't see him saying,
he was running for re-election. let me show it to you. >> i'm george w. bush and i aproou this message. >> the last few years have tested america in many ways. some challenges we've seen before. and some were like no others. >> you think images from the world trade center. a lot of people see that as the very same thing, is it not? focusing on leadership moments of a president. >> i think there's a little bit of a distinction here, david. i think if president obama had...
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we'll show you how halloween mask sales have consistently picked the winner four elections in a row. >> nbc bay area news starts now. >> good evening. 60 million people across the east coast are prepare for high winds, high tides, drenching rains, and even flooding. all courtesy of mrn sandy. the powerful hurricane is expected to come ashore early tuesday morning. officials have already declared states of emergency in eight eastern states and washington, d.c. people who haven't already evacuated are packing up, boarding up, and getting energy supplies. forecasters say sandy will impact an 800 mile wide area from the carolinas up to maine. but they're not the only ones to feel sandy's impact. santiago sans us from the airport to show us how sandy could affect the airports here, as well. hello. >> hello. dealing with storms has been evolving over the last several years. airports and airlines have learned that preplanning and prestaging is something that's beneficial not only to passengers but to the industry, as well. now, airlines will be working with travelers. they're keeping an eye
we'll show you how halloween mask sales have consistently picked the winner four elections in a row. >> nbc bay area news starts now. >> good evening. 60 million people across the east coast are prepare for high winds, high tides, drenching rains, and even flooding. all courtesy of mrn sandy. the powerful hurricane is expected to come ashore early tuesday morning. officials have already declared states of emergency in eight eastern states and washington, d.c. people who haven't...
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our elected officials aren't doing a very good job of standing up to well let's hope that people power prevails over money power so much as thank you so much for me thank you tom great great having you meanwhile across the pond working people are saying enough is enough to trickle down austerity measures today thousands of police officers marched through the streets of london to protest a budget cuts brought on by conservative prime minister david cameron's government and as the chair chairman of the police federation paul mciver said if you're cutting our jobs then you're cutting the service we can deliver and the public safety is at risk but cops weren't the only ones out in the streets to union leaders as many as four hundred thousand civil servants also took part in the day of action and plan to continue holding strikes and demonstrations throughout the year until cameron ditches his austerity agenda we should pay attention what's going on across the atlantic because conservatives here in the united states are pushing those same sorts of trickle down economic measures that are layi
our elected officials aren't doing a very good job of standing up to well let's hope that people power prevails over money power so much as thank you so much for me thank you tom great great having you meanwhile across the pond working people are saying enough is enough to trickle down austerity measures today thousands of police officers marched through the streets of london to protest a budget cuts brought on by conservative prime minister david cameron's government and as the chair chairman...
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so whos is actually still undecided in this election? we'll look under the desk and in between the seat cushions for undecided voters. when chris hayes joins us for up now, next. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together,
so whos is actually still undecided in this election? we'll look under the desk and in between the seat cushions for undecided voters. when chris hayes joins us for up now, next. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn...
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. >> reporter: just as the greek elections begin to calm fears in that country, concerns over spain's debt have grown, threatening to throw europe into chaos and spread here to the u.s. >> reporter: the interest rate is now more 7%. economist say those rates need to come down fast. >> if they don't, then you will see countries like spain default. and that will be a bigger deal. >> reporter: european leaders will have a summit of their own at the end of the month. they are trying to convince the other leaders and investors they are on course for fixing their economic problems. at the white house, danielle nottingham. >>> president barack obama met with leaders of the four country, italy, germany, spain and france and today the president held talks with china. >>> more people in colorado could be forced from their homes. dozens have been evacuated in the past week and a half. we have a look at dramatic video captured by a couple who escaped the fire. >> reporter: the couple recorded the evacuation from their cabin. you can see the flames and smoke in the distance as the couple drives aw
. >> reporter: just as the greek elections begin to calm fears in that country, concerns over spain's debt have grown, threatening to throw europe into chaos and spread here to the u.s. >> reporter: the interest rate is now more 7%. economist say those rates need to come down fast. >> if they don't, then you will see countries like spain default. and that will be a bigger deal. >> reporter: european leaders will have a summit of their own at the end of the month. they...
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and a presidential election year, everything is political. and we can already see that this election will be fought on three fronts. the economy, the middle class, and women, who were aggressively courted by both parties today. rnc chairman sharon day say, "president obama and his fellow democrats love to say they stand for women, but women can no longer stand for the obama economy." and the white house hosted a forum on women and the economy. president obama seizing on a similar issue. >> i do think that the conversation's been oversimplified. women are not some monolithic block. women are not an interest group. you shouldn't be treated that way. women are over half this country and its workforce. >> now, let's bring in james carville and elise jordan, columnist and former speechwriter for condoleezza rice. elise, starting with you, your party has a party with women. polls show there's a 2-1 gap among women in swing states. and all the war on rhetoric aside, it doesn't happen in a vacuum. there's been talk about planned parenthood, the perso
and a presidential election year, everything is political. and we can already see that this election will be fought on three fronts. the economy, the middle class, and women, who were aggressively courted by both parties today. rnc chairman sharon day say, "president obama and his fellow democrats love to say they stand for women, but women can no longer stand for the obama economy." and the white house hosted a forum on women and the economy. president obama seizing on a similar...
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it was an election year so actually we declared only a few months before the presidential election, so some of them say that had to do with it, and it was just a breaking point and there were just enough american senators and representatives to tip the balance. even to this day, the war of 1812 was the most narrowly declared of any american war in which congress voted to declare war. >> our caller from michigan, vince vaise, reminds us that monday marks the 200th anniversary of the signing by james madison of the declaration of war and that's why we're here with american history tv remembering the war of 1812 today and the festivities going on at ft. mchenry in baltimore. let's go to port st. lucie in florida. john, go ahead with your comments. >> caller: two quick questions. i heard that "the spar spangled banner" was not waving all night long. i guess they had raised it during it the morning hours, is that true, if that's correct. >> that's right. okay. let me -- >> go ahead with your second question, john, and then we'll get you the response from vince vaise. >> caller: quick questi
it was an election year so actually we declared only a few months before the presidential election, so some of them say that had to do with it, and it was just a breaking point and there were just enough american senators and representatives to tip the balance. even to this day, the war of 1812 was the most narrowly declared of any american war in which congress voted to declare war. >> our caller from michigan, vince vaise, reminds us that monday marks the 200th anniversary of the...
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people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. well let's talk about facebook because they're all about protecting your privacy right well at least that's what they keep trying to tell us. i mean privacy is a really important issue for us and for the internet so we spend a lot of time thinking about these things in terms of the settings that we have i think there are some misperceptions. unfortunately for us that's just not true when you actually dive into facebook sprecher on privacy you realize that they really could care less about it and mistake after mistake of theirs really shows that in two thousand and nine the f.t.c. started investigating facebook after several of their most egregious lies to their users were exposed now it w
people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. well let's talk about facebook because they're all about protecting your privacy right well at least...
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i know there's projects in the works to either do a biography or a documentary next year, municipal elections, will be 20 # years since he stepped down. >> oh, wow. >> so that's sort of a good time to try to pitch to, you know, people to get money to actually do it so maybe someday. >> well, good, good. yeah, as for the music stuff, that's partly why i kind of had to leave detroit to actually write the book because part of me wanted to write every book about detroit, you know, i could have done a whole book about the music. i could have done a whole book about coleman young. there's not that much music in the book. sorry to disappoint you. [laughter] there's a little bit about detroit's techno music bay i lived on a block where they basically invented techo music, another story i just stembled on to. you know, i talked to the older guys still around. i talked to the last surviving four top, and a few other people, but, you know, but i guess as, you know, i do a lot of music writing for rolling stope, and i wanted to do -- rolling stone, and i just wanted to do something with this one, so -- >
i know there's projects in the works to either do a biography or a documentary next year, municipal elections, will be 20 # years since he stepped down. >> oh, wow. >> so that's sort of a good time to try to pitch to, you know, people to get money to actually do it so maybe someday. >> well, good, good. yeah, as for the music stuff, that's partly why i kind of had to leave detroit to actually write the book because part of me wanted to write every book about detroit, you know,...
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he'll be 18 before election day, eligible to serve and vote as a delegate. evan drain joins. great to see you, thanks for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> so many people don't get involved in the political process at such a young age. what inspired you and how did you become a delegate. >> became dell got by running in congressional district, which is virginia's 8th congressional district. ran a campaign for four months reaching out to voters. the reason able to win was that vert in my district recognized younger voters were affected by the president's policies and the negative affect they had on american youth. >> know the youth are the future. let me ask you, when you were down in tampa, what did you find were the highlights of the convention? were there any surprises you weren't expecting? >> i actually was pleasantly surprised at the convention i felt was geared toward the next election and interested in the romney-ryan ticket. i was surprised on the last day, lot of the issues that the republican party was talking about are issues that affect the ever
he'll be 18 before election day, eligible to serve and vote as a delegate. evan drain joins. great to see you, thanks for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> so many people don't get involved in the political process at such a young age. what inspired you and how did you become a delegate. >> became dell got by running in congressional district, which is virginia's 8th congressional district. ran a campaign for four months reaching out to voters. the reason...
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our people in an overwhelmingly support re-election. >> eric: we voted for obama. quid pro quo. can you talk to me about that comment? >> kimberly: the problem is they are suffering. what do they do to help detroit except for michael moore fleecing and taking the cash out of it. it's a mockery of the situation. job market there, the economy. it's depressed. >> dana: the point of the election and swing state of michigan is president obama saved michigan and the auto industry in detroit because of his actions to bail him out. at least she is honest about what they are looking for. they are not honest about the problem. >> bob: pall ryan fleeced left and right. >> dana: you are hilarious. >> greg: i was hoping this was bacon. i thought they were bringing bacon home. i was depressed -- >> kimberly: you like bacon. >> greg: everybody got bacon instead of money it would be a better place. >> eric: leave it there. coming up, three stories that you will not believe the real story behind the shoeless nan the photo that made national headlines. atheists won a battle in the war on christma
our people in an overwhelmingly support re-election. >> eric: we voted for obama. quid pro quo. can you talk to me about that comment? >> kimberly: the problem is they are suffering. what do they do to help detroit except for michael moore fleecing and taking the cash out of it. it's a mockery of the situation. job market there, the economy. it's depressed. >> dana: the point of the election and swing state of michigan is president obama saved michigan and the auto industry in...
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we just had an election all about this. why does not white house figure that these kinds of appearances are helpful when both sides positions are pretty well locked in already? >> because this president and this white house have concluded that public pressure is what will make republicans bargain with him and deal on his terms. after the private grand bargain negotiations in the summer of 2011, they concluded they weren't simply going to do it behind closed doors with republicans. president went out and campaigned. he hammered republicans beginning in the fall of 2011. he won the election and he was trying to keep the pressure on to get them to bargain. >> all right, john har wood, thank you very much. >> let's stay in washington but capitol hill now, keeping a close eye on the negotiations, among the key congressional leaders. what the update, amman? >> well, there is total radio silence about the meeting between boehner and obama at the choice yesterday. we are told to expect that boehner will brief top republican leaders
we just had an election all about this. why does not white house figure that these kinds of appearances are helpful when both sides positions are pretty well locked in already? >> because this president and this white house have concluded that public pressure is what will make republicans bargain with him and deal on his terms. after the private grand bargain negotiations in the summer of 2011, they concluded they weren't simply going to do it behind closed doors with republicans....
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and in this particular case, this is just the fear of not getting elected. there's no, like, personal harm that's going to come to them if they take a position on this. >> we're going to play some footage from both the president and mitt romney from 2007. the same year in which they said, given their silence now, some pretty surprising things about guns. first, i want to play you a clip from governor chris christie, who said this after aurora. >> i am a little bit disturbed by politicians who in the immediate aftermath of this type of tragedy tried to grandstand on it. i'm not going to be one of those people. i feel awfully for those families. there's two with new jersey roots. one who was injured. one who was killed. this is not the appropriate time to be grandstanding about gun laws. can we at least get through the initial grief and tragedy for these families before we start making them political pawns? >> i had somebody put this exact same point to me on friday when we did a whole show on this 12 hours after the incident happened. to me, it's a totally fa
and in this particular case, this is just the fear of not getting elected. there's no, like, personal harm that's going to come to them if they take a position on this. >> we're going to play some footage from both the president and mitt romney from 2007. the same year in which they said, given their silence now, some pretty surprising things about guns. first, i want to play you a clip from governor chris christie, who said this after aurora. >> i am a little bit disturbed by...
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every election is about making a choice. the choice between president obama and governor romney could not be clearer. resident obama's pool efficiency standards helped save detroit and position lawmakers into a top global competitors. the standards are the most ambitious steps taken by any president move beyond oil. one in 25 american jobs rely on the automotive industry. the fuel standards are estimated to create more than 570,000 jobs by 2013. the compromise worked out between the administration, the environmental, labor, and management, is creating jobs taking strong steps to be in america all foreign oil and improving air quality. if governor romney had his way, all these things would disappear. in 2008 our economy was at a tipping point, but thankfully president obama successfully defended and sign the recovery act, the single largest clean energy initiative in history, with a huge investment in clean energy, moving us away from dirty energy sources for its clean energy and sustainable energy. governor romney said he wo
every election is about making a choice. the choice between president obama and governor romney could not be clearer. resident obama's pool efficiency standards helped save detroit and position lawmakers into a top global competitors. the standards are the most ambitious steps taken by any president move beyond oil. one in 25 american jobs rely on the automotive industry. the fuel standards are estimated to create more than 570,000 jobs by 2013. the compromise worked out between the...
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the suspect was charged today with three counts of murder. >>> now to our election 2012 coverage. at a nighttime rally in colorado ohio romney told supporters president obama is not the man to lead the country for another four years years. >> you see he's reelected you're going to have the status quo. he calls it forward, i call it forewarned. >> romney is off to florida while ryan continues to campaign in ohio. >> it's always america is in decline, america is not in decline, you're in denial. >> reporter: as for the democrats, vice president joe biden hit the trail in ohio, president obama spent the day in washington, d.c. >>> and coming up in eight minutes we sit down with a group of northern california voters, what's on their minds as they pick a president and help shape the future of the nation. >>> more bad news tonight for hockey fans what we've learned about plans for a full nhl season. the giants in detroit later in sports what ryan vogelsan had to say about starting tomorrow in game three. >> i'm going to have the forecast for game three, i think you're going to be surpri
the suspect was charged today with three counts of murder. >>> now to our election 2012 coverage. at a nighttime rally in colorado ohio romney told supporters president obama is not the man to lead the country for another four years years. >> you see he's reelected you're going to have the status quo. he calls it forward, i call it forewarned. >> romney is off to florida while ryan continues to campaign in ohio. >> it's always america is in decline, america is not in...
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if you are willing to work even harder in this election that you did in the last election, i promise you that change will come. if you stick with me we will finish what was started in 2008. we will remind what this -- we will reminded this country and the world why we are the greatest nation on earth. god bless you, chicago. i love you. god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ been >> president of the u.s. chamber of commerce speaks. you can see that live on c-span2 at 9:00 eastern. your phone calls live on "washington journal." the center of american progress host the economic adviser, alan krueger. poverty to prosperity. in about 45 minutes we will discuss the 2012 campaign with ari melber, a correspondent, and david chavern, vice president
if you are willing to work even harder in this election that you did in the last election, i promise you that change will come. if you stick with me we will finish what was started in 2008. we will remind what this -- we will reminded this country and the world why we are the greatest nation on earth. god bless you, chicago. i love you. god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ been >> president of the u.s. chamber of commerce speaks. you can...
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as we edge closer and closer to election day, steve. >> thanks. ohio may still be the keys. no republican has ever won the white house without winning that state, and this year's nominee is campaigning as if that still is a rule. mitt romney took a break from his ohio marathon and went to iowa. >> we're going to create 12 million new jobs in just four years. we'll see rising take-home pay, and we'll get america's economy growing at 4% a year, more than double this year's rate. >> reporter: the former governor has improved his poll numbers because since the first debate, more voters just like him. >> mitt romney used to be upside down in terms of his likability. well, that's no longer the case. >> reporter: back in lebanon, ohio, a pretty town in the key swing state. >> that's true. >> reporter: these sisters sell furniture. cassie voted for barack obama in '08, but decided to switch after she went to see mitt romney. >> i believed his promises and that he would do his best. and i think it's time for a change. >> reporter: the president ended his campaign marathon in ohio las
as we edge closer and closer to election day, steve. >> thanks. ohio may still be the keys. no republican has ever won the white house without winning that state, and this year's nominee is campaigning as if that still is a rule. mitt romney took a break from his ohio marathon and went to iowa. >> we're going to create 12 million new jobs in just four years. we'll see rising take-home pay, and we'll get america's economy growing at 4% a year, more than double this year's rate....
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for the republicans it's an important show in this election year. >> the gentle lady field yields back her time -- >> reporter: house republicans head back into battle today against president obama's health care reform law. >> it would make you believe it was all free. but it's not. it's going to cost somebody, and that's going to be the american citizens. >> reporter: the house is brushing aside the supreme court decision upholding the law. senate democrats, sure to shoot down any repeal. the senate is already looking ahead to the next big battleground. over extending the bush-era tax cuts. >> economic cons consequences of taking more money from successful people -- >> reporter: senate republicans are pushing back on president obama's call to extend the cuts for one year but only for those making less than $250,000 a year. >> let's not hold the vast majority of americans and our entire economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the healthy. >> reporter: mitt romney in a radio interview called the proposal an economic misstep. >> we just had a terrible jobs repor
for the republicans it's an important show in this election year. >> the gentle lady field yields back her time -- >> reporter: house republicans head back into battle today against president obama's health care reform law. >> it would make you believe it was all free. but it's not. it's going to cost somebody, and that's going to be the american citizens. >> reporter: the house is brushing aside the supreme court decision upholding the law. senate democrats, sure to...
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. >>> elsewhere president obama has hit the road on a two-day re-election bus tour. he started off in ohio, seen as a key state in his campaign against republican mitt romney, and it's probably no coincidence that ohio's economic recovery has been one of strongest in the nation. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: kicking off his bus trip to the battlegrounds of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went to maumee near tol o toledo, ohio, and detroit. its blue collar car-making country. he claimed he saved a million auto industry jobs. >> governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. i refuse to turn my back on communities like this one. and three years later the american auto industry is coming roaring back. >> reporter: unemployment in ohio and pennsylvania is now almost a point below the national average. mitt romney knows no republican has won the white house without winning ohio. as romney took time off to go boating, two men said to be under consideration as romney's running mates tim pawlenty and bobby jindal went to ohio to counter t
. >>> elsewhere president obama has hit the road on a two-day re-election bus tour. he started off in ohio, seen as a key state in his campaign against republican mitt romney, and it's probably no coincidence that ohio's economic recovery has been one of strongest in the nation. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: kicking off his bus trip to the battlegrounds of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went to maumee near tol o toledo, ohio, and detroit. its blue collar...